Talented American football player Taylor Rapp used to be embarrassed about being part-Asian. The 22-year-old Chinese-American, who plays for the Los Angeles Rams in the National Football League ...

Yet his jersey is all the rage among legions of college football fans. The reason why? It features the usage of traditional Chinese characters to write out his name, not the typical English spelling.

The Chinese national under-20 football team defeated their Syrian counterparts on Wednesday with a 3-1 victory in the buildup to the AFC U-20 Asian Cup, extending their unbeaten run to five games.